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Though Neshat has been
living and working in the United States for many years, her work references her
homeland of Iran. When she came to the United States after high school to study
art at the University of California at Berkeley, the Islamic Revolution intervened
to exile her from her homeland for over a decade.

To deal with the ensuing sense of displacement,
Neshat chose to address issues in her art that examine her heritage of Islamic
ideology, the role of Muslim...

Though Neshat has been
living and working in the United States for many years, her work references her
homeland of Iran. When she came to the United States after high school to study
art at the University of California at Berkeley, the Islamic Revolution intervened
to exile her from her homeland for over a decade.

To deal with the ensuing sense of displacement,
Neshat chose to address issues in her art that examine her heritage of Islamic
ideology, the role of Muslim...

Though Neshat has been
living and working in the United States for many years, her work references her
homeland of Iran. When she came to the United States after high school to study
art at the University of California at Berkeley, the Islamic Revolution intervened
to exile her from her homeland for over a decade.

To deal with the ensuing sense of displacement,
Neshat chose to address issues in her art that examine her heritage of Islamic
ideology, the role of Muslim women, and the idea of Islamic martyrdom. After
being allowed to return to Iran, she began to work with film in 1996. This
image from Passage is a movie still
which shows a burial ritual with Muslim women digging a grave in the desert as
the funeral procession approaches, still distantly seen on the horizon. Her
work both dignifies and mystifies the lives of Muslim women while opening a
window to westerners seeking to understand.